Australian Historics in American Muscle is better than coffee

The original V8 Supercars entrant

There is something special about watching a big car hustle and slide around a racetrack. That's true even if the steering wheel is on the wrong side and the driver's accent might steal your date.

Today's video is from that great V8-loving land down under and features some great in-cars from a right-hand-drive Ford Galaxie 427 lightweight that was originally intended for drag-racing duties. Shot at the 2011 Sandown Historics (Sandown is a historic racetrack outside Melbourne) driver/owner Denis O'brien slides the big Ford around the road course.

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While a 1963 Galaxie seems about as out of place on a road course as a Moretti does on a drag-strip, the sounds of a 427 moving through the gears over and over almost makes the whole thing seem logical.

And hey, people used to race these.

Jump ahead to the 2:00 mark to trade Australian accents for American Iron and hang on, she leans a bit in the corners.

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